The 2019–20 Toto Cup Al was the 35th season of the third-tier football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 14th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.

2019–20 Toto Cup Al
Tournament details
CountryIsrael
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsBeitar Jerusalem (3rd title)
Runner-upMaccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv were the defending champions.[1]

Format changes

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The four clubs playing in the Champions League and Europa League (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva) will not take part in the group stage, while the remaining ten clubs were divided into two groups of five clubs. At the end of the group stage each of the group winners will qualify to the semi-finals. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv will play (in the 2019 Israel Super Cup match) for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the fewest points accumulated), while Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva will play for a place in the other semi-final (meeting the group winner with the most points accumulated). All the clubs will participate in classification play-offs.[2]

Group stage

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Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, and the southern clubs allocated to Group B. Each club will play the other clubs once.

The matches are scheduled to start on 27 July 2019.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation IKS MNE HHD HHA HKS
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4 3 0 1 8 7 +1 9 Semi-finals 2–1 3–1
2 Maccabi Netanya 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 5–8th classification play-offs 2–0 1–0
3 Hapoel Hadera 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5 9–10th classification play-offs 1–2 1–1
4 Hapoel Haifa 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4 11–12th classification play-offs 4–1 1–2
5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 13–14th classification play-offs 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation BEI ASH NES HRA HTA
1 Beitar Jerusalem 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 Semi-finals 1–1 2–1
2 F.C. Ashdod 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8 5–8th classification play-offs 1–0 3–2
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 9–10th classification play-offs 0–0 1–2
4 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4 11–12th classification play-offs 0–2 1–4
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 0 0 4 4 8 −4 0 13–14th classification play-offs 0–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

European qualification route

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Israel Super Cup

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Maccabi Tel Aviv1–0Bnei Yehuda
Attendance: 8,169

UEFA qualifiers match

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Maccabi Haifa0 –1Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Itzhak   66'
Dolev Haziza   83'
Abu Fani   90+4'
Maor Levy   90+5'
Report Niv Zrihan   19' (p)
Tomer Yosefi   23'   62'
Levi   34'   55'
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Classification play-offs

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5–6th classification match

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19 August 2019 F.C. Ashdod 1–1
(4–2 p)
Bnei YehudaAshdod
19:00 Azulay   45' Elo   17' Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
Referee: Ziv Adler
Penalties
Ohad Rabinovich  
Moshel  
David  
Leonard Owusu  
Ariel Lazmi  
Nir Gevili  
Ben Shimoni  
Yakir Shaul  

7–8th classification match

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17 August 2019 Maccabi Netanya1–2 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
20:30 Dolev Azulay   80'
Kanichowsky   81',   89'
Report Rukavytsya   20'
Arad   52'
Raz Meir   90+4'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Gal Leibovich

9–10th classification match

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17 August 2019 Sektzia Nes Tziona0–0
(8–9 p)
Hapoel Hadera Petah Tikva
19:00 Noam Cohen   68' Report Lúcio   12' Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 280
Referee: Ohad Asulin
Penalties
Ramaric Etou  
Raz Stein  
Touray  
Osher Abu  
Mizrahi  
Noam Cohen  
Levi  
Amnon Tadele  
Benny Natan  
Alon Drei  
Sagiv Solomon  
Yarin Hasan  
Yaniv Mizrahi  
Eliel Peretz  
Alex Mondom  
Goldenberg  
Jehonathan Levi  
Ejide  

11–12th classification match

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17 August 2019 Hapoel Ra'anana 1–0Hapoel HaifaRamat Gan
20:00 Nimni   7',   77'
Ido Levy   53'
Naah   56'
Report Eli Balilty   38' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Referee: Erez Papir

13–14th classification match

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19 August 2019 Hapoel Tel Aviv2–3 Hapoel Kfar Saba Petah Tikva
20:30 Barshazki   64'
Kevin Rainstein   81' (o.g.)
Report Dan Azaria   45'
Kuku   76'
Fadida   78'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

Semi-finals

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Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bartkus   49' (o.g.)
Beitar Jerusalem3–1Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Shalom Edri   38'
Gaëtan Varenne   45+2'
Marwan Kabha   54' (o.g.)
Carrillo   16'
Attendance: 8,000

Final

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Beitar Jerusalem2–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Gaëtan Varenne   87'
Uri Magbo   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Ziv Adler

Final rankings

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R Team
1 Beitar Jerusalem
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5 F.C. Ashdod
6 Bnei Yehuda
7 Maccabi Haifa
8 Maccabi Netanya
9 Hapoel Hadera
10 Sektzia Nes Tziona
11 Hapoel Ra'anana
12 Hapoel Haifa
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv

References

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  1. ^ Daviv Ben Simol (25 September 2019). בפעם השנייה ברציפות: מכבי תל אביב זכתה בגביע הטוטו (in Hebrew). YNET.
  2. ^ Premier League Matches Draw: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the First Round Walla!, 11 June 2019 (in Hebrew)
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